Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

Mr David Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to answer Questions 136372, 136373, 136374 and 136376 tabled on 18 April 2018 by the hon. Member for Tottenham.

Caroline Nokes: The response for UIN 136372 was answered on the 15th August 2018.The responses for UIN 136373, 136374 and 136376 were answered on the 6th September 2018.

Home Office: Written Questions

Mr David Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 136374, tabled on 17 April 2017 by the hon. Member for Tottenham; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Nokes: The response for UIN 136374 was answered on the 6th September 2018.

Home Office: Written Questions

Liz Saville Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Question 161582 asked by the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd on 6 July 2018, when he plans to provide a substantive response to that Question.

Mr Nick Hurd: The response to UIN 161582 was given on the 29th August 2018.

Home Office: Written Questions

Mr Virendra Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 155249, on Immigration: Windrush Generation, tabled on 19 June 2018 by the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall.

Caroline Nokes: The response for UIN 155249 was given on 11th September 2018.

Slavery

Mr Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery are resident in the UK.

Victoria Atkins: Assessing the true scale of modern slavery in the UK is problematic given the hidden nature of the crime. Current Home Office estimates place the number of victims of modern slavery between 10,000-13,000 in the UK.The most recent assessment of the nature and scale of modern slavery is the 2017 annual report, which quotes this figure. A link to the 2017 report can be found https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652366/2017_uk_annual_report_on_modern_slavery.pdf

Drugs

Lloyd Russell-Moyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying (a) GHB (b) GHL as a Class A substance.

Victoria Atkins: GHB and GBL are controlled as class C drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. As with all controlled drugs we will continue to monitor their impact and the potential merits of reclassification.

Home Office: Brexit

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.

Victoria Atkins: By its nature, EU exit work is complex and cross-cutting, involving multiple directorates and teams within in the Department. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure on how many new staff in the Home Office have responsibilities relating to exiting the EU.Therefore, it would be at disproportionate effort to provide the cost for the recruitment of new members of staff relating to EU exit.

Home Office: Brexit

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have been transferred to the (a) Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) Department for International Trade as a result of the UK leaving the EU.

Victoria Atkins: The location of members of staff on loan to another government department is not recorded centrally and therefore to determine how many members of Home Office staff are on loan to (a) Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) Department for International Trade can only be provided a disproportionate cost.

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

Paul Blomfield: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external intelligence reports received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority from non-governmental organisations were (a) received and (b) acted upon in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.

Victoria Atkins: Information is not collected by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in the form requested. All intelligence reports received are reviewed by GLAA. The next step after review of an intelligence report is dependent upon the content of the report. Some intelligence reports are sufficient to trigger investigative or inspection activity – these reports are described as “actionable”. Other intelligence reports may add to an existing intelligence picture and may contribute to future action. Some intelligence reports duplicate information previously received.The table sets out the total number of intelligence reports received by the GLAA in the years 2015-16 to 2017-18 and the number of such reports that were actionable: a) Yearb) Intelligence Reports Receivedc) Number of reports at b) that were actionable2015-164,2409282016-172,8476302017-183,987908